Restoring a North Staffordshire Block instrument (Part One)

Our thanks goes to our colleague Andy for taking us through some of the work he’s so far completed on the restoration of his North Staffordshire block instrument.
In this first video we see the restoration of the case and the main mechanism and wel catch up in part two with the electrical side and more
All photographs and video with kind permission of A Sollis.

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Just to clarify, some of what is seen here are photos of a friends block in comparison and also the donor Caledonian Railway block too that was used to remake the missing top “cabinet” for mine, of which he kindly supplied many dimensions and photos to help. Work continues now on the locks, recovering the coils and artwork has been drawn up for the front face.